Here comes
Norquist, out of the woodwork again...
CGS This Morning
(CBS News) with on-line video
11/12/12
Grover Norquist: Obama's goal is to raise energy taxes on middle class
Quote:
President Obama met with congressional leaders on Friday
to tackle the upcoming fiscal cliff and over the weekend,
several Republicans in Congress said there is momentum to make a deal before 2013.
As it stands, Mr. Obama has stated that he will allow the Bush tax cuts
for wealthier Americans to expire and Speaker John Boehner has said Congress
can generate revenue from tax reform and closing special interest loopholes.
Grover Norquist, an anti-tax lobbyist and founder of "Americans For Tax Reform,"
has led the conservative effort against the tax increase.
He has gotten nearly all the Republican members of Congress to sign his anti-tax pledge
and on Monday, Norquist shared his own ideas for resolving the fiscal cliff on "CBS This Morning."
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"I'd rather do growth than raise taxes, which slows the economy and damages things,"
Norquist said. "Obama is not interested in taxing the rich;
he admits there's no money there...his goal, as you saw after the election,
is to raise energy taxes on the middle class, not something he mentioned during the campaign."
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The 5-minute video in the link above of his sophisticated interview is worth watching.